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Life pattern of Sahaba

This is a peculiar aspect of the prophethood of all the Prophets, peace
of God be on all of them, that the Believers as well as the non-Believers
reach the climax of their inherent faculty through them. It is said that
Abu Jahl's disbelief would not have reached at its height without the Holy
Prophet, sallallaho alaihi wa sallam; it would have remained latent. It
was the advent of the Holy Prophet, sallallaho alaihi wa sallam, that made
it come to the surface. Likewise the Sincerity of Hazrat Abu Bakr, may God
be pleased with him, was also latent; it came to the surface only after
the Holy Prophet, sallallaho alaihi wa sallam, had claimed to be a Prophet.
The Holy Prophet, sallallaho alaihi wa sallam, issued out a spiritual invitation.
One accepted it, the other rejected it. It is for this type of people (those
who reject) that God has said it in the Holy Quran:

fee qaloobihim marazun fa zaada-humullaho maraza

The Prophets and the Messengers bring out the dirt and the hard heartedness
of these people and make it come on the surface - to become clearly visible.

The Holy Quran has likened the appearance of the Prophets and the Messengers
to the rain.

Wal baladut tayyibo..

This is the likeness of Islam. Whenever a Messenger appears in the world,
the faculties of the human beings and all their traits are made manifest
with the consequence that the good natured people who are ever ready (for
doing good) get their traits developed and they advance in their sincerity
whereas the mischief makers advance in their own traits.

When the Holy Prophet, sallallaho alaihi wa sallam, claimed to be a
Prophet and the mischief makers started troubling, then and then alone,
it could be visualised how unclean souls were those mischief makers. There
were the people who gave up their lives for his cause. Looking into their
life-histories we have to exclaim that they were very sincere and devoted
to the Holy Prophet, sallallaho alaihi wa sallam. Their model was the
best model. So much so that if somebody's neck was not severed with one
stroke, he felt as if he had not become a martyr. That shows how great
was their sincerity.

It is said that a Companion of the Holy Prophet, sallallaho alaihi wa
sallam, struck somebody with the sword but the sword cut himself down.
The other Companions remarked that (though he had died on the battlefield)
he was not a martyr. The matter was taken to the Holy Prophet, sallallaho
alaihi wa sallam, to get it confirmed whether that person had actually
become a martyr or not. The Holy Prophet remarked that he would receive
a two-fold reward. One, because he attacked the enemy, and two, because
he endangered his own life for the sake of God. That was the kind of Faith
those people had.

Unless a man has this kind of sincerity and steadfastness, for the sake
of God, nothing can avail him aught.

I should like to see the members of my Jamaat mould their lives on the
pattern of the Holy Prophet, sallallaho alaihi wa sallam; they should
give preference to God over everything. Nothing should stand in their
way. They should take their lives and their belongings as insignificant
and of no value whatsoever.